Adjustable sign



May 4 1926.

c. H. JACOBS ADJUSTABLE SIGN Filed 001:. 4, 1923 mm I;

' in lettering Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrice 'LAY BERRY moors, or DELTA, IOWA.

ADJUSTABLE SIGN Application filed October 4, 1923. Serial No. 666,535

To an whom it may concern:

Be' it known that I, CLAY H. JAooBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delta, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Adjustable Signs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to signs and particularly of that type adapted to be placed on display in store windows or against panes of glass and the like.

An object of the invention is to -provide a sign with an open uninterrupted light rays may freeframe through which ly pass without casting any shadows'tending to detract from the lettering; or other confi rations placed in the frame, and a frame w li ich will removably support panels bearor other configurations which it is desired to display in the frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable frame which is capable of being adjusted to narrow and wide windows or adjusted vertically when placed on end to accommodate windows of various heights, the frame having a number of sections each with an independent securing deholding the sign in place or seevice for not only but for also maintaining the parts tions in adjusted position.

A still further object. of the invention is to provide a sign embodying the above characteristics and which at the same time may be attached to the surface of a pane of glass or thelike without the use of nails 5r screws and by the use of suction cups in desired numbers for not only supporting the weight of the sign but also holding the sections in their relative positions.

The invention also aims at the provision of an extensible frame comprising a pair of sections having top and bottom rails which are rolled or bent to provide interfitting and telescoping channel portions which miterbrace each other and not only provide a, rigid frame but also provide the necessary.

grooves or channels for the reception ofthe top and the bottom ed es of the panels which are interchangeably fitted in the 'the sign,

' so that the channel or groove in same being illustrated in the/accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 11s a front elevation of a sign constructed according to the present invention and being collapsed into small size. 1

Fig. '2 is a similar view of the sign extended for covering a larger area.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the frame of the sign with the parts'or sections thereof separated.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 butshowing opaque instead of transparent panels in the frame.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken through the sign substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and being an enlargement thereof.

taken through the end of the line 61-16 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view, enlarged, through an intermediate portion of showing the telescoping rails of the frame and fitting of a panel in the channel of the frame.

Referring to the nate a pair of frames the side rails of which are arranged to sign on the drawing 10 and 11 desig top and bottomor telescope one within the'other so that the frame sections may be-exte-nded and collapsed to provide a sign of the desired width or height. As shown particularly in Fig. 7 the outer sed channel frame 10, has a substantially c shape portion terminating at theirear side v of the frame in a downwardly opening channel or groove 12 which is formed by the overturning of the'end of the rail of the frame. The frame section 11 is similarly formed but on a sufficiently reduced scale to-slidably and snugly fit within the rail of the section 10' and terminates at the rear side of the section 11 in a channel or groove member 13 adapted to engage about the channel orgroove member 12 for reinforc-, ing and stiffening the same. The construction shown in Fig. 7 prevails at the bottom or opposite side of the fra no the mem er 1.2 and in the member 13 is continuously entirely about the frame and opens towards themiddle thereof.

The frame is adapted to carry one or more panels 14 which are preferably transparent but which may be opaque as shown zit-15 in Fig.4. These panels carry configurations 16 thereon which may be in-the at the same panels.

form of lettersas shown, or of any other desired configuration suitable for use in a sign. The transparent panels 14 are adapted to permit the passage of light rays through the sign, and the telescoping .rails of the frame are in the form of substantially closed channels to eliminate the necessity of cross braces, webs or other devices which would cast or throw shadows upon the panels 14 and would consequently change the visual aspect of the configurations 16. The frame is therefore open and free at its middle and justment.

Each of the sections 10 and 11 is provided with one or tobe placed against the inner 'side of a pane of glass for holding the sign in position by suction. By use of the suction cups the sign is not only supported on the glass but the sections 10 and 11 are rigidly held in their relative positions to hold theipanels 14 in the channels 12 and 13 of the frame. The frame may be contracted as shown in Fig. 1

where a small sign is needed and it may be extended to provide a long sign where it is necessary to display a longword or configuration as shown in Fig. 2.

The panels 15 may be used where it is not necessary to utilize the light in a store or the like for setting'out the configurations on the In the structure shown in Fig. 4 the configurations 16 are displayed for reading by reflected light and the panels 15 may be of card board or other suitable material which admit flexing as shown at the left end of Fi 4 to facilitate theositionin and remove of the panels 15, f course t e panels time is rigid and capable of ad-' more suction cups 1'1 adapted.

14 may beof any suitable material provided they be transparent so that the configurations 16 may be set off by the light rays which are projectcd through' the frame.

The sign may be placed in a store window or the like and secured against the inner side of a pane of glass so that the light in the store may be projected through the pane and through the sign, illuminating the panels while the configurations 16 arrest the light rays and throw the necessary shadows for reading the sign.

It is of course understood that various objects other than the above may be accomplished with the use of this sign, and that various changes and modifications within the frame and bearing opaque indicia adapted to arrest the projection of light rays through the frame, and a suction cup on each section of the frame adapted to be secured against a pane of glass for holding the sign and for maintaining the sections in adjusted position.

CLAY HENRY JACOBS! 

